Chemical treatment steel sheet and method for manufacturing chemical treatment steel sheet

ABSTRACT

A chemical treatment steel sheet contains: a steel sheet; a plated layer containing Ni and formed on at least one surface of the steel sheet; a chemical treatment layer containing a Zr compound in which an amount of Zr contained therein is 1.0 to 150 mg/m2, a phosphate compound in which an amount of P contained therein is 1.0 to 100 mg/m2, and an Al compound in which an amount of Al contained therein is 0.10 to 30.0 mg/m2. The plated layer is a Ni-plated layer containing Ni in which an amount of Ni contained therein is 5.0 to 3000 mg/m2 or a composite plated layer containing Ni in which an amount of Ni contained therein is 2.0 to 200 mg/m2 and Sn in which an amount of Sn contained therein is 0.10 to 10.0 g/m2 and having an island-shaped Sn-plated layer formed on a Fe—Ni—Sn alloy layer.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a chemical treatment steel sheet and a method for manufacturing a chemical treatment steel sheet.

RELATED ART

Corrosion is occurred when metals are continuously used in some cases. Various techniques have been proposed to prevent corrosion of metals. Examples of the proposed techniques include a technique of applying plating to a metal plate or a technique of performing various surface treatments on the surface of a metal plate of a plated surface.

For example, Patent Document 1 describes a technique of forming an organic resin film including a vanadium compound or at least one of a phosphate and phosphate-based compound, a silane compound having at least one of an epoxy group and an amino group, and an organic resin including at least one of a water-soluble organic resin and a water-dispersible organic resin as main components on a surface of an Al—Zn-based alloy plated steel sheet used for building materials and home appliances.

On the other hand, when metal containers for the purpose of preserving beverages or foods are manufactured, Ni-plated steel sheets, Sn-plated steel sheets, Sn-based alloy plated steel sheets, or the like have been used. The Al—Zn-based alloy plated steel sheet described in Patent Document 1 is a so-called sacrificial protection steel sheet, whereas a Ni-plated steel sheet, a Sn-plated steel sheet, or a Sn-based alloy plated steel sheet is a so-called barrier plated steel sheet.

When a Ni-plated steel sheet, a Sn-plated steel sheet, or a Sn-based alloy plated steel sheet is used as a steel sheet for metal containers for the purpose of preserving beverages or foods (hereinafter referred to as a “steel sheet for containers”), the surface of the plated steel sheet is subjected to a chemical treatment using hexavalent chromium to secure adhesiveness and corrosion resistance between the steel sheet and a coating or a film in many cases. A chemical treatment using a solution containing a hexavalent chromium is referred to as a chromate treatment.

However, since hexavalent chromium used in a chromate treatment is harmful to the environment, a chemical treatment film such as a Zr-phosphate film has been developed as a replacement for the chromate treatment applied to a steel sheet for containers in the related art. For example, Patent Document 2 describes a steel sheet for containers having a chemical treatment film including Zr, a phosphate, a phenolic resin, and the like.

Examples of foods preserved in a metal container using a steel sheet for containers include meat, vegetables, and the like. Meat and vegetables contain various proteins, but these proteins contain amino acids containing sulfur (sulfur-containing amino acids represented by L-cysteine, L-methionine, and L-(−)-cystine) in some cases.

When foods containing sulfur-containing amino acids is heated during sterilization, S in the sulfur-containing amino acids binds to Sn, Fe, or the like in a steel sheet for containers, resulting in black discoloration. This phenomenon is referred to as “sulfide stain.” Since the appearance of the inner surface of a metal container deteriorates when sulfide stain occurs, countermeasures have been sought to prevent the occurrence of sulfide stain.

In addition, Patent Document 3 describes a method for manufacturing a steel sheet for containers in which a Zr-containing film is formed on a surface of a steel sheet by immersing the steel sheet or performing an electrolytic treatment on the steel sheet in a solution containing Zr ions, and F ions, and at least one reaction accelerating component selected from the group consisting of Al ions, boric acid ions, Cu ions, Ca ions, Al metal, and Cu metal.

CITATION LIST Patent Documents [Patent Document 1]

-   Japanese Unexamined Patent Application, First Publication No.     2005-290535 [Patent Document 2] -   Japanese Unexamined Patent Application, First Publication No.     2007-284789 [Patent Document 3] -   Japanese Unexamined Patent Application, First Publication No.     2012-62521

SUMMARY OF INVENTION Problems to be Solved by the Invention

Since a film formed through a chromate treatment (hereinafter referred to as a “chromate film”) is dense even when an adhered amount of film is small, a steel sheet for containers having a chromate film formed on its surface has excellent corrosion resistance and sulfide stain resistance. However, since hexavalent chromium is harmful to the environment as described above, a steel sheet for containers should preferably not contain hexavalent chromium as far as possible.

On the other hand, the organic resin film described in Patent Document 1 and the chemical treatment film described in Patent Document 2 do not contain hexavalent chromium and thus are appropriate for the environment. However, in the organic resin film described in Patent Document 1 and the chemical treatment film described in Patent Document 2, it is necessary to increase an adhered amount of film to form a dense film which can obtain appropriate sulfide stain resistance. An increase in adhered amount of film is not preferable because, when the adhered amount of film is increased, the adhesiveness between the film and a plated layer under the film decreases and the weldability decreases, which is not preferable. Furthermore, an increase in adhered amount of film is not economically preferable.

In the method for manufacturing a steel sheet for containers described in Patent Document 3, the Al content in the chemical treatment film is small. Thus, it is difficult to obtain an appropriate sulfide stain resistance in some cases.

The present invention was made in view of the above-described circumstances and an objective of the present invention is to provide a chemical treatment steel sheet which has excellent corrosion resistance and sulfide stain resistance even when an amount of chemical treatment layer adhered is small and a method for manufacturing the same.

Means for Solving the Problem

The present invention employs the following means to solve the above-described problems and achieve the above objective.

(1) A chemical treatment steel sheet according to an aspect of the present invention contains: a steel sheet; a plated layer which contains Ni and is formed on at least one surface of the steel sheet; a chemical treatment layer which is formed on the plated layer and contains a Zr compound in which an amount of Zr contained therein is 1.0 to 150 mg/m², a phosphate compound in which an amount of P contained therein is 1.0 to 100 mg/m², and an Al compound in which an amount of Al contained therein is 0.10 to 30.0 mg/m², wherein the plated layer is a Ni-plated layer which contains Ni in which an amount of Ni contained therein is 5.0 to 3000 mg/m² or a composite plated layer which contains Ni in which an amount of Ni contained therein is 2.0 to 200 mg/m² and Sn in which an amount of Sn contained therein is 0.10 to 10.0 g/m² and has an island-shaped Sn-plated layer formed on a Fe—Ni—Sn alloy layer.

(2) In the chemical treatment steel sheet according to (1), the chemical treatment layer may contain Al₂O₃ in which an amount of Al contained therein is 0.10 to 30.0 mg/m².

(3) In the chemical treatment steel sheet according to (1) or (2), the chemical treatment layer may contain: a Zr compound in which an amount of Zr contained therein is 1.0 to 120 mg/m²; a phosphate compound in which an amount of P contained therein is 2.0 to 70.0 mg/m²; and an Al compound in which an amount of Al contained therein is 0.20 to 20.0 mg/m².

(4) In the chemical treatment steel sheet according to any one of (1) to (3), the Ni-plated layer may contain Ni in which an amount of Ni contained therein may be 10.0 to 2000 mg/m².

(5) In the chemical treatment steel sheet according to any one of (1) to (3), the composite plated layer may contain: Ni in which an amount of Ni contained therein is 5.0 to 100 mg/m²; and Sn in which an amount of Sn contained therein may be 0.30 to 7.0 g/m².

(6) In the chemical treatment steel sheet according to any one of (1) to (5), a surface of the chemical treatment layer may not be covered with a film or a coating material.

(7) A method for manufacturing a chemical treatment steel sheet according to an aspect of the present invention contains: a plating process of forming a Ni-plated layer which contains Ni in which an amount of Ni contained therein is 5.0 to 3000 mg/m² or a composite plated layer which contains Ni in which an amount of Ni contained therein is 2.0 to 200 mg/m² and Sn in which an amount of Sn contained therein is 0.10 to 10.0 g/m² and has an island-shaped Sn-plated layer formed on a Fe—Ni—Sn alloy layer on a surface of a steel sheet; and an electrolytic treatment of forming a chemical treatment layer on the Ni-plated layer or the composite plated layer by performing an electrolytic treatment under the conditions of a current density of 1.0 to 100 A/dm² and an electrolytic treatment time of 0.20 to 150 seconds using a chemical treatment solution having a temperature of 5° C. or higher and lower than 90° C. and the chemical treatment solution contains 10 to 20,000 ppm of Zr ions, 10 to 20000 ppm of F ions, 10 to 3000 ppm of phosphate ions, a total amount of 100 to 30000 ppm of nitrate ions and sulfate ions, and 500 to 5000 ppm of Al ions, in which a supply source of the Al ions is (NH₄)₃AlF₆.

(8) In the method for manufacturing a chemical treatment steel sheet according to (7), the chemical treatment solution may contain: 200 to 17000 ppm of Zr ions; 200 to 17000 ppm of F ions; 100 to 2000 ppm of phosphate ions; a total amount of 1000 to 23000 ppm of nitrate ions and sulfate ions; and 500 to 3000 ppm of Al ions.

Effects of the Invention

According to each aspect described above, a chemical treatment steel sheet having an excellent corrosion resistance and sulfide stain resistance even in a case in which an adhered amount of a chemical treatment layer is small and a method for manufacturing the chemical treatment steel sheet can be provided.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1A is an explanatory drawing for schematically showing a layer structure of a chemical treatment steel sheet which has a Ni-plated layer formed on one surface of the steel sheet.

FIG. 1B is an explanatory drawing for schematically showing a layer structure of a chemical treatment steel sheet which has Ni-plated layers formed on both surfaces of the steel sheet.

FIG. 2A is an explanatory drawing for schematically showing an example of a chemical treatment steel sheet which has a composite plated layer formed on one surface of the steel sheet.

FIG. 2B is an explanatory drawing for schematically showing an example of a chemical treatment steel sheet which has composite plated layers formed on both surfaces of the steel sheet.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of a flow of a method for manufacturing a chemical treatment steel sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a graph showing a result of Example 1.

EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION

Exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the appended drawings. Note that, in the present embodiments, repeated description will be omitted by giving the same reference symbols to constituent elements having similar configurations.

<Regarding Configuration of Chemical Treatment Steel Sheet>

First, a constitution of a chemical treatment steel sheet according to the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1A to 2B. FIGS. 1A and 1B are explanatory drawings for schematically showing a layer structure of the chemical treatment steel sheet according to the present embodiment.

As shown in FIGS. 1A to 2B, a chemical treatment steel sheet 10 according to the present embodiment contains a steel sheet 103, any one of a Ni-plated layer 105 and a composite plated layer 106, and a chemical treatment layer 107. It should be noted that any one of the Ni-plated layer 105, the composite plated layer 106, and the chemical treatment layer 107 may be formed only on one surface of the steel sheet 103 as shown in FIGS. 1A and 2A and may be formed on two opposite surfaces of the steel sheet 103 as shown in FIGS. 1B and 2B.

[Regarding Steel Sheet 103]

The steel sheet 103 may be used as a base material of the chemical treatment steel sheet 10 according to the present embodiment. The steel sheet 103 used in the present embodiment is not particularly limited and a known steel sheet used as a steel sheet for containers can be used for the steel sheet 103. A manufacturing method and a material for the steel sheet 103 are not particularly limited and it is possible to use the steel sheet 103 manufactured through known processes such as hot rolling, acid cleaning, cold rolling, annealing, and temper rolling in a usual steel piece manufacturing process.

A plate thickness of the steel sheet 103 is preferably 0.05 to 1 mm in view of practicality and economic efficiency when the steel sheet 103 is used as a steel sheet for containers.

[Regarding Plated Layer]

Any one of the Ni-plated layer 105 and the composite plated layer 106 is formed on a surface of the steel sheet 103. Both of the Ni-plated layer 105 and the composite plated layer 106 are barrier plated layers which contain Ni. Here, a barrier plated layer is a plated layer in which the corrosion of the steel sheet 103 is suppressed by preventing a cause of corrosion from acting on the base material by means of forming a metal film of Ni or Sn on the surface of the steel sheet 103 using Ni or Sn which are metals more electrochemically noble than Fe constituting the steel sheet 103 as the base material.

On the other hand, a sacrificial protection layer has a function opposite to that of a barrier plated layer. In a sacrificial protection layer, the corrosion of the steel sheet 103 is suppressed by corroding a metal such as Zn constituting the plated layer earlier than Fe constituting the steel sheet 103 by mean of forming a metal film on the surface of the steel sheet 103 using a metal less electrochemically noble than Fe constituting the steel sheet 103 as the base material (for example Zn as in Patent Document 1).

The interaction between the barrier plated layer and the chemical treatment layer 107 is different from that between the sacrificial protection layer and the chemical treatment layer 107.

An example of the Ni-plated layer 105 and the composite plated layer 106 according to the present embodiment will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS. 1A to 2B.

[Case in which Ni-Plated Layer 105 is Formed on Surface of Steel Sheet 103]

A case in which the Ni-plated layer 105 is formed on a surface of the steel sheet 103 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 1A.

The Ni-plated layer 105 contains Ni and may be formed on one surface of the steel sheet 103 as shown in FIG. 1A and Ni-plated layers 105 may be formed on both surfaces of the steel sheet 103 as shown in FIG. 1B. In the Ni-plated layer 105, it is preferable that Ni be contained in a range of an amount of 5.0 to 3000 mg/m² per one surface.

Ni has excellent paint adhesiveness, film adhesiveness, corrosion resistance, and weldability. In order to achieve the above-described excellent effects, it is necessary to contain Ni of 5.0 mg/m² or more per one surface.

As an amount of Ni increases, the excellent effects of Ni are improved, but more than an amount of 3000 mg/m² of Ni per one surface is not economically preferable because the effects thereof is saturated. Therefore, an amount of Ni is set to an amount of 3000 mg/m² or less per one surface.

An amount of Ni in the Ni-plated layer is more preferably an amount of 10.0 mg/m² or more and 2000 mg/m² or less per one surface. The above-described effects are more remarkably exhibited when Ni is contained in an amount of 10.0 mg/m² or more per one surface. Furthermore, it is possible to further reduce the manufacturing costs of the Ni-plated layer 105 when an amount of Ni is set to an amount of 2000 mg/m² or less per one surface.

The amount of Ni contained in the Ni-plated layer 105 is 50 mass % or higher in a layer center portion of the Ni-plated layer 105. The amount of Ni contained in the Ni-plated layer 105 is preferably 70 mass % or higher in a layer center portion of the Ni-plated layer 105.

The Ni-plated layer 105 may contain Fe in an amount of 1.0 to 2000 mg/m² per one surface in addition to Ni described above. Furthermore, the Ni-plated layer 105 may contain inevitable impurities which may be mixed in the manufacturing process or the like.

[Case in which Composite Plated Layer 106 is Formed on Surface of Steel Sheet 103]

A case in which the composite plated layer 106 containing Ni and Sn is formed on a surface of the steel sheet 103 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2A and 2B.

The composite plated layer 106 according to the present embodiment may be formed on one surface of the steel sheet 103 as shown in FIG. 2A and composite plated layers 106 may be formed on both surfaces of the steel sheet 103 as shown in FIG. 2B. The composite plated layer 106 has a Fe—Ni—Sn alloy layer 105 d and an island-shaped Sn-plated layer 105 e formed on the Fe—Ni—Sn alloy layer 105 d.

In order to form the composite plated layer 106, a Ni-plated layer (not shown) is first formed on the steel sheet 103. The Ni-plated layer (not shown) contains a Ni or a Fe—Ni alloy and is formed to secure the corrosion resistance of the chemical treatment steel sheet 10.

The effect of improving the corrosion resistance of the chemical treatment steel sheet 10 using Ni is determined by an amount of Ni contained in the composite plated layer 106. The effect of improving the corrosion resistance using Ni is achieved if the amount of Ni in the composite plated layer 106 is an amount of 2 mg/m² or more per one surface.

On the other hand, when the amount of Ni in the composite plated layer 106 increases, the effect of improving the corrosion resistance increases. However, when the amount of Ni in the composite plated layer 106 exceeds an amount of 200 mg/m² per one surface, the effect of improving the corrosion resistance using Ni is saturated. Furthermore, since Ni is a high-cost metal the case in which the amount of Ni in the composite plated layer 106 exceeds an amount of 200 mg/m² per one surface is not economically preferable.

Therefore, the amount of Ni in the composite plated layer 106 is set to an amount of 2.0 mg/m² to 200 mg/m² per one surface. The amount of Ni in the composite plated layer 106 is more preferably an amount of 5.0 mg/m² to 100 mg/m² per one surface. When the composite plated layer 106 contains Ni in an amount of 5.0 mg/m² or more per one surface, the effect of improving the corrosion resistance using Ni is effectively achieved. Furthermore, when the amount of Ni in the composite plated layer 106 is an amount of 100 mg/m² or less per one surface, it is possible to further reduce the manufacturing costs.

After the above-described Ni-plated layer (not shown) is formed, the Sn-plated layer (not shown) is formed. It should be noted that the Sn-plated layer (not shown) in the present embodiment may be constituted only of Sn or may contain impurities or trace elements in addition to Sn.

The Sn-plated layer (not shown) is formed to secure the corrosion resistance and the weldability of the chemical treatment steel sheet 10. Regarding Sn, not only does Sn itself having high corrosion resistance, but Sn alloys formed by a reflow treatment have excellent corrosion resistance and weldability.

When the Sn-plated layer (not shown) is formed and then is subjected to a reflow treatment, the Fe—Ni—Sn alloy layer 105 d is formed on the steel sheet 103 and the island-shaped Sn-plated layer 105 e is formed on the Fe—Ni—Sn alloy layer 105 d.

In the island-shaped Sn-plated layer 105 e, Sn is present in an island shape and the Fe—Ni—Sn alloy layer 105 d in a lower portion is exposed in the sea. The film adhesiveness and the paint adhesiveness of the chemical treatment steel sheet 10 are secured by the island-shaped Sn-plated layer 105 e.

In the heat treatment after film lamination or coating material application, the chemical treatment steel sheet 10 is heated to the melting point of Sn (232° C.) or higher in some cases. In the case which is different from the present embodiment, when Sn covers the entire surface of the Fe—Ni—Sn alloy layer 105 d, this is not preferable because Sn is melted or oxidized by the above-described heat treatment and thus the film adhesiveness and the paint adhesiveness of the chemical treatment steel sheet 10 are unlikely to be secured.

The composite plated layer 106 according to the present embodiment contains Sn in an amount of 0.10 to 10.0 g/m² per one surface.

Sn has excellent processability, weldability, and corrosion resistance, and by performing the reflow treatment after Sn plating, corrosion resistance of the chemical treatment steel sheet 10 can be further improved, and a surface appearance (mirror appearance) of the chemical treatment steel sheet 10 can be made more preferable. In order to achieve the above-described effects, it is necessary that the composite plated layer 106 contain Sn in an amount of 0.10 g/m² per one surface.

Also, when the amount of Sn in the composite plated layer 106 is high, the processability, the weldability, and the corrosion resistance of the chemical treatment steel sheet 10 is improved. However, when the amount of Sn exceeds 10.0 g/m² per one surface, the above-described effects using Sn are saturated. Furthermore, when the amount of Sn exceeds 10.0 g/m² per one surface, this is not economically preferable. For the above reasons, the amount of Sn in the composite plated layer 106 is set to 10.0 g/m² or less per one surface.

The more preferable amount of Sn in the composite plated layer 106 is 0.30 g/m² to 7.0 g/m² per one surface. When the composite plated layer 106 contains Sn in an amount of 0.30 g/m² or more per one surface, it is possible to more reliably achieve the above-described effects using Sn. Furthermore, when the composite plated layer 106 contains Sn in an amount of 7.0 g/m² or less per one surface, it is possible to further reduce the manufacturing costs.

A total amount of Ni and Sn contained in the composite plated layer 106 is 50 mass % or more of the composite plated layer 106. A total amount of Ni as Ni metal and an amount of Sn as Sn metal contained in the composite plated layer 106 is preferably 70 mass % or more of the composite plated layer 106.

The composite plated layer 106 may contain Fe in an amount of 1.0 to 3500 mg/m² per one surface in addition to Ni and Sn described above. Furthermore, the composite plated layer 106 may contain inevitable impurities which may be mixed in the manufacturing process or the like.

When the steel sheet 103 having the Ni-plated layer 105 or the composite plated layer 106 formed on its surface is used as a steel sheet for containers, even if a film is laminated on a surface of the Ni-plated layer 105 or the composite plated layer 106 or even if a coating material is applied thereon, it is difficult to prevent sulfide stain. The reason for this is thought to be the fact that S contained in beverages, foods, or the like which are the contents binds to Ni or Sn in the plated layer 105 to form black NiS, SnS, SnS₂, or the like.

Note that S is contained in beverages or foods as a constituent element of sulfur-containing amino acids such as L-cysteine, L-(−)-cystine, and L-methionine.

In addition, when the Ni-plated layer 105 or the composite plated layer 106 is not densely formed, a part of the steel sheet 103 as the base material is exposed. In such a case, Fe in the steel sheet 103 binds to S contained in beverages, foods, or the like and black FeS, Fe₂S₃, or Fe₂S is formed in some cases.

In order to reduce the blackening caused by NiS, SnS, SnS₂, FeS, Fe₂S₃, Fe₂S, or the like described above, a chromate film is mainly formed on the surface of the Ni-plated layer 105 or the composite plated layer 106.

In the chemical treatment steel sheet 10 according to the present embodiment, in order to improve the sulfide stain resistance, the chemical treatment layer 107 which contains a Zr compound, a phosphate compound, and an Al compound is formed on the surfaces of the Ni-plated layer 105 or the composite plated layer 106 as a substitute for a conventional chromate film.

[Regarding Chemical Treatment Layer 107]

As illustrated in FIGS. 1A to 2B, in the chemical treatment steel sheet 10 according to the present embodiment, the chemical treatment layer 107 is formed on the Ni-plated layer 105 or the composite plated layer 106. The chemical treatment layer 107 is a composite film layer which mainly contains a Zr compound and contains a Zr compound in which an amount of Zr contained therein is 1.0 to 150 mg/m² per one surface, a phosphate compound in which an amount of P contained therein is 1.0 to 100 mg/m² per one surface, and an Al compound in which an amount of Al contained therein is 0.10 to 30.0 mg/m² per one surface.

In the present embodiment, the composite film layer indicates a film layer in which the Zr compound, the phosphate compound, and the Al compound are present in a partially mixed state without being fully mixed.

When three films, i.e., a Zr film containing a Zr compound, a phosphate film containing a phosphate compound, and an Al film containing an Al compound stacked and are formed on the Ni-plated layer 105 or the composite plated layer 106, some degree of effects on the corrosion resistance and the adhesiveness can be obtained, but this is not practically sufficient. However, when a Zr compound, a phosphate compound, and an Al compound are present in a partially mixed state in the chemical treatment layer 107 as in the present embodiment, it is possible to obtain excellent corrosion resistance and adhesiveness as compared with when the three films are formed to be stacked as described above.

The Zr compound contained in the chemical treatment layer 107 according to the present embodiment has a function of improving corrosion resistance, adhesiveness, and process adhesiveness. Examples of the Zr compound according to the present embodiment include Zr oxides, Zr phosphates, Zr hydroxides, Zr fluorides, and the like and the chemical treatment layer 107 may contain a plurality of Zr compounds described above. Preferred combinations of Zr compounds are Zr oxides, Zr phosphates, and Zr fluorides.

When the amount of Zr contained in the Zr compound in the chemical treatment layer 107 is 1.0 mg/m² or more per one surface, appropriate corrosion resistance, adhesiveness, and process adhesiveness are secured for practical use.

On the other hand, when the amount of Zr contained in the Zr compound increases, corrosion resistance, adhesiveness, and process adhesiveness are improved. However, when the amount of Zr contained in the Zr compound exceeds 150 mg/m² per one surface, the chemical treatment layer 107 becomes too thick. In addition, the adhesiveness of the chemical treatment layer 107 with respect to the Ni-plated layer 105 or the composite plated layer 106 is reduced mainly due to cohesive failure as well as the electric resistance increasing and the weldability decreasing. Furthermore, when the amount of Zr contained in the Zr compound exceeds 150 mg/m², the appearance is inhomogeneous due to a unevenness adhered amount of the chemical treatment layer 107 in some cases.

Therefore, the amount of Zr contained in the Zr compound (that is, the Zr content) of the chemical treatment layer 107 according to the present embodiment is set to 1.0 mg/m² to 150 mg/m² per one surface. The more preferable amount of Zr contained in the Zr compound is 1.0 to 120 mg/m² per one surface. When the amount of Zr is set to 120 g/m² or less, it is possible to further reduce the manufacturing costs of the chemical treatment layer 107.

The chemical treatment layer 107 further contains one or more types of phosphate compounds in addition to the Zr compound described above.

The phosphate compound according to the present embodiment has a function of improving corrosion resistance, adhesiveness, and process adhesiveness. Examples of the phosphate compounds according to the present embodiment include iron phosphates, nickel phosphates, tin phosphates, zirconium phosphates, aluminium phosphates, and the like formed by the reaction of phosphate ions with the compounds contained in the steel sheet 103, the Ni-plated layer 105 or the composite plated layer 106, and the chemical treatment layer 107. The chemical treatment layer 107 may contain one of the above-described phosphate compounds or two or more thereof.

The higher the amount of phosphate compound in the chemical treatment layer 107, the better the corrosion resistance, the adhesiveness, and the process adhesiveness of the chemical treatment steel sheet 10. To be specific, when the amount of P contained in the phosphate compound in the chemical treatment layer 107 is 1.0 mg/m² or more, appropriate corrosion resistance, adhesiveness, and process adhesiveness are secured for practice use.

On the other hand, when the amount of P contained in phosphate compound increases, corrosion resistance, adhesiveness, and process adhesiveness are also improved. However, when the amount of P contained in the phosphate compound exceeds 100 mg/m² per one surface, the chemical treatment layer 107 becomes too thick. In addition, the adhesiveness of the chemical treatment layer 107 with respect to the Ni-plated layer 105 or the composite plated layer 106 is reduced mainly due to cohesive failure as well as the electric resistance increasing and the weldability decreasing. Furthermore, when the amount of P contained in phosphate compound exceeds 100 mg/m² per one surface, the appearance is inhomogeneous due to a unevenness adhered amount of the chemical treatment layer 107 in some cases.

Therefore, the amount of P contained in the phosphate compound in the chemical treatment layer 107 according to the present embodiment is set to 1.0 mg/m² to 100 mg/m² per one surface.

The more preferable amount of P contained in the phosphate compound in the chemical treatment layer 107 is 2.0 to 70.0 mg/m² per one surface. When the amount of P contained in the phosphate compound in the chemical treatment layer 107 is set to 2.0 mg/m² or more per one surface, it is possible to obtain a more preferable sulfide stain resistance. Furthermore, when the amount of P contained in the phosphate compound in the chemical treatment layer 107 is set to 70.0 mg/m² or less per one surface, it is possible to further reduce the manufacturing costs of the chemical treatment layer 107.

The chemical treatment layer 107 further contains an Al compound in addition to the Zr compound and the phosphate compound described above. The Al compound in the chemical treatment layer 107 exists mainly as an Al oxide in the chemical treatment layer 107. When an Al oxide reinforces film defects of the chemical treatment layer 107 having Zr as a main component, the chemical treatment steel sheet 10 can obtain excellent sulfide stain resistance.

Since the chemical treatment layer 107 having Zr as a main component is inherently an extremely uniform coating, an amount of Al contained in the Al compound added to the chemical treatment layer 107 to reinforce film defects may be 0.10 mg/m² or more per one surface. When the amount of Al contained in the Al compound is 0.10 mg/m² or more per one surface, it is possible to appropriately improve the sulfide stain resistance of the chemical treatment steel sheet 10.

On the other hand, when the amount of Al compound in the chemical treatment layer 107 increases, the sulfide stain resistance is also improved. However, when the amount of Al in the Al compound exceeds 30.0 mg/m² per one surface, the sulfide stain resistance is saturated and thus it is not economically preferable. For this reason, the amount of Al contained in the Al compound in the chemical treatment layer 107 is set to 30.0 mg/m² or less per one surface.

The more preferable amount of Al contained in the Al compound in the chemical treatment layer 107 is 0.20 to 20.0 mg/m² per one surface. When the amount of Al contained in the Al compound is set to 0.20 mg/m² or more per one surface, it is possible to appropriately improve the sulfide stain resistance. Furthermore, when the amount of Al contained in the Al compound is set to 20.0 mg/m² or less per one surface, it is possible to further reduce the manufacturing costs of the chemical treatment layer 107.

The preferable amount of Al in Al oxide (Al₂O₃) in the chemical treatment layer 107 is 0.10 to 30.0 mg/m². When the amount of Al oxide in the chemical treatment layer 107 is in the above-described range, it is possible to appropriately reinforce film defects of the chemical treatment layer 107 and to obtain excellent sulfide stain resistance.

Further, by including Al compounds in the chemical treatment layer 107, it is possible to reduce the content of phosphate compounds which improves the resistance to sulfide stain, as with Al.

When a large amount of zirconium phosphate generated by the reaction of the phosphate ions in the phosphate compound contained in the chemical treatment layer 107 with the Zr ions is present in a chemical treatment solution used when the chemical treatment layer 107 is formed, precipitation occurs and thus the chemical treatment solution becomes cloudy.

Here, the Al compound contributes to the improvement of the sulfide stain resistance more than the phosphate compound. For this reason, when the chemical treatment layer 107 contains the Al compound, it is possible to appropriately improve the sulfide stain resistance and to reduce the amount of phosphate compound which causes the clouding of the chemical treatment solution.

Also, when the amount of phosphate compound is reduced, it is possible to reduce an amount of F ions which inhibit the binding between Zr and phosphates and the binding between Al and phosphates. As a result, since Zr is precipitated more easily, it is possible to improve the electrolysis efficiency for forming the chemical treatment layer 107.

It should be noted that the chemical treatment layer 107 may contain inevitable impurities to be mixed in the manufacturing process or the like in addition to the Zr compound, the phosphate compound, and the Al compound described above. Furthermore, when the chemical treatment layer 107 contains Cr, the upper limit of the Cr content is 2.0 mg/m².

The chemical treatment steel sheet 10 according to the present embodiment accomplishes excellent sulfide stain resistance even when an amount of the chemical treatment layer 107 is reduced.

For example, a coating material may be applied to a surface of the chemical treatment steel sheet 10, and then is baked, which results in forming a coating film. The chemical treatment steel sheet 10 having a coating film formed on its surface is placed as a lid and fixed on the mouth of a heat-resistant bottle which holds a 0.6 mass % L-cysteine liquid boiled for one hour and is subjected to heat treatment at 110° C. for 30 minutes using a soaking furnace or the like. When an appearance of a portion in contact with the heat-resistant bottle is observed in the chemical treatment steel sheet 10 after the above-described heat treatment, blackening does not occur in 50% or more of an area of the contact portion when the chemical treatment steel sheet 10 according to the present embodiment is used.

As described above, the chemical treatment steel sheet 10 according to the present embodiment has excellent corrosion resistance and sulfide stain resistance. For this reason, it is possible to use the chemical treatment steel sheet 10 as a steel sheet for containers even when the surface of the chemical treatment layer 107 is not covered with a film or a coating material.

<Regarding Layer Structure of Chemical Treatment Steel Sheet 10>

As described above, the chemical treatment steel sheet 10 has the Ni-plated layer 105 or the composite plated layer 106 on the steel sheet 103 and has the chemical treatment layer 107 on the Ni-plated layer 105 or the composite plated layer 106. That is to say, in the chemical treatment steel sheet 10, the steel sheet 103 is in contact with the Ni-plated layer 105 or the composite plated layer 106 and the steel sheet 103 does not have another layer between the steel sheet 103 and the Ni-plated layer 105 or the composite plated layer 106. Likewise, in the chemical treatment steel sheet 10, the Ni-plated layer 105 or the composite plated layer 106 is in contact with the chemical treatment layer 107 and the Ni-plated layer 105 or the composite plated layer 106 does not have another layer between the Ni-plated layer 105 or the composite plated layer 106 and the chemical treatment layer 107.

<Method for Measuring Component Content>

Amounts of Ni and amounts of Sn in the Ni-plated layer 105 and the composite plated layer 106 can be measured using, for example, a fluorescent X-ray method. In this case, a calibration curve for an amount of Ni is created in advance using samples with a known amount of Ni and amounts of Ni are determined relatively using the created calibration curve. As for amounts of Sn, a calibration curve for an amount of Sn is created in advance using a sample with a known amount of Ni and amounts of Sn are relatively identified using the created calibration curve.

The amounts of Zr, P, and Al in the chemical treatment layer 107 can be measured using, for example, a quantitative analysis method such as fluorescent X-ray analysis. Furthermore, it is possible to determine the specific content of the compound present in the chemical treatment layer 107 by performing an analysis using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS).

Also, in the case of the Al₂O₃ content in the chemical treatment layer 107, first peak intensity ratios of Al₂O₃, Al metal, and other Al compounds are obtained using XPS. Then, as described above, the Al₂O₃ content in the chemical treatment layer 107 is calculated from a total amount of Al obtained using a quantitative analysis method such as fluorescent X-ray analysis and the peak intensity ratios obtained using XPS.

Note that a method for measuring each component is not limited to the above-described methods and it is possible to apply known measurement methods.

<Regarding Method for Manufacturing Chemical Treatment Steel Sheet 10>

A method for manufacturing the chemical treatment steel sheet 10 according to the present embodiment will be described in detail below with reference to FIG. 3. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of a flow of a method for manufacturing the chemical treatment steel sheet 10 according to the present embodiment.

[Pretreatment Step]

In the method for manufacturing the chemical treatment steel sheet 10 according to the present embodiment, a known pretreatment is first performed on the steel sheet 103 if necessary (Step S101).

[Plating Step]

Subsequently, any one of the Ni-plated layer 105 and the composite plated layer 106 is formed on the surface of the steel sheet 103 (Step S103).

When the Ni-plated layer 105 is formed on the surface of the steel sheet 103, it is possible to use a known technique such as an electroplating method and a vacuum evaporation method. It should be noted that heat treatment may be performed after the formation of the Ni-plated layer 105 to form a Fe—Ni diffusion layer (not shown) at an interface between the steel sheet 103 and the Ni-plated layer 105.

When the composite plated layer 106 having the Fe—Ni—Sn alloy layer 105 d and the island-shaped Sn-plated layer 105 e is formed on the surface of the steel sheet 103, the composite plated layer 106 is formed by forming an Ni-plated layer (not shown) including a Ni or Fe—Ni alloy on the surface of the steel sheet 103, and then forming the Sn-plated layer (not shown) on the Ni-plated layer (not shown), and subsequently performing a reflow treatment (reflow treatment) on them.

That is to say, Fe of the steel sheet 103, Ni of the Ni-plated layer (not shown), and Sn of a portion of the Sn-plated layer (not shown) are alloyed with a reflow treatment to form the Fe—Ni—Sn alloy layer 105 d, the remaining Sn-plated layer has an island shape, and the island-shaped Sn-plated layer 105 e is formed.

As a method for forming the Ni-plated layer (not shown) including Ni or a Fe—Ni alloy, it is possible to use a general electroplating method (for example, cathodic electrolysis method).

A method for forming the Sn-plated layer (not shown) is not limited. In addition, for example, it is possible to use a known electroplating method, a method for performing plating on the steel sheet 103 by immersing the steel sheet 103 in molten Sn, and the like.

When the Ni-plated layer (not shown) is formed by a diffusion plating method, the surface of the steel sheet 103 is subjected to Ni plating and then subjected to a diffusion treatment for forming a diffusion layer in an annealing furnace. A nitriding treatment may be performed before or after a diffusion treatment or simultaneously with a diffusion treatment. Even when a nitriding treatment is performed, the effect of Ni in the Ni-plated layer (not shown) in the present embodiment and the effect of a nitriding treatment can be achieved without interfering with each other.

After the Sn-plated layer (not shown) is formed, a reflow treatment (reflow treatment) is performed. The molten Sn, Fe of the steel sheet 103, and Ni in the Ni-plated layer (not shown) are alloyed by performing a reflow treatment and the Fe—Ni—Sn alloy layer 105 d and the island-shaped Sn-plated layer 105 e including Sn which is formed in an island shape are formed. The island-shaped Sn-plated layer 105 e can be formed by appropriately controlling a reflow treatment.

[Electrolytic Treatment Step]

After forming any one of the Ni-plated layer 105 and the composite plated layer 106, the chemical treatment layer 107 is formed through an electrolytic treatment (Step S105).

The chemical treatment layer 107 is formed by an electrolytic treatment (for example, cathode electrolytic treatment). The chemical treatment solution used for forming the chemical treatment layer 107 through electrolytic treatment contains 10 ppm or more and 20000 ppm or less of Zr ions, 10 ppm or more and 20000 ppm or less of F ions, 10 ppm or more and 3000 ppm or less of phosphate ions, a total amount of 100 ppm or more and 30000 ppm or less of nitrate ions and sulfate ions, and 500 ppm or more and 5000 ppm or less of Al ions. Furthermore, (NH₄)₃AlF₆ is used as a supply source of Al ions in the chemical treatment solution.

It should be noted that nitrate ions and sulfate ions may be contained in the chemical treatment solution in a total amount of 10 ppm or more and 3000 ppm or less in both of the nitrate ions and the sulfate ions, both of the nitrate ions and the sulfate ions may be contained in the chemical treatment solution, and any one of the nitrate ions and the sulfate ions may be contained in the chemical treatment solution.

The chemical treatment solution preferably contains 200 ppm or more and 17000 ppm or less of Zr ions, 200 ppm or more and 17000 ppm or less of F ions, 100 ppm or more and 2000 ppm or less of phosphate ions, a total amount of 1000 ppm or more and 23000 ppm or less of nitrate ions and sulfate ions, and 500 ppm or more and 3000 or less of Al ions.

It is possible to more reliably prevent a decrease in an amount of Zr adhered when a concentration of Zr ions is set to 200 ppm or more. Furthermore, it is possible to more reliably prevent the clouding of the chemical treatment layer 107 accompanied by the precipitation of the phosphate when a concentration of F ions is set to 200 ppm or more.

Likewise, it is possible to more reliably prevent the clouding of the chemical treatment layer 107 accompanied by the precipitation of the phosphate when a concentration of phosphate ions is set to 100 ppm or more. Furthermore, it is possible to more reliably prevent the deterioration of the adhesion efficiency of the chemical treatment layer 107 when a concentration of nitrate ions or sulfate ions or a combination thereof is set to 1000 ppm or more. It is possible to more reliably achieve the effect of improving the sulfide stain resistance when a concentration of Al ions is set to 500 ppm or more.

It is possible to more reliably reduce the manufacturing costs of the chemical treatment layer 107 when the upper limit value of each component of the chemical treatment solution is set to the above-described value.

The temperature of the chemical treatment solution is preferably 5° C. or higher and lower than 90° C. The temperature of the chemical treatment solution being lower than 5° C. is not economically effective because the formation efficiency of the chemical treatment layer 107 is poor when the temperature of the chemical treatment solution is lower than 5° C. Furthermore, the temperature of the chemical treatment solution being 90° C. or higher is not preferable because the structure of the formed chemical treatment layer 107 is inhomogeneous, defects such as cracks and micro-cracks are generated, and the defects become starting point of corrosion or the like when the temperature of the chemical treatment solution is 90° C. or higher.

The temperature of the chemical treatment solution increases the reactivity of the chemical treatment solution at the interface and improves the adhesion efficiency of the chemical treatment layer 107 and is thus preferably higher than a temperature of the surface of the steel sheet 103 on which any one of the Ni-plated layer 105 and the composite plated layer 106 is formed.

The current density at the time of performing an electrolytic treatment is preferably 1.0 A/dm² or more and 100 A/dm² or less. The current density being less than 1.0 A/dm² is not preferable because an amount of the chemical treatment layer 107 adhered decreases and an electrolytic treatment time increases in some cases when the current density is less than 1.0 A/dm². Furthermore, the current density exceeding 100 A/dm² is not preferable because an adhered amount of the chemical treatment layer 107 is excessive and a chemical treatment layer 107 which is inadequately adhered in the formed chemical treatment layer 107 is likely to be washed away (peeled off) in a washing step through washing with water or the like after the electrolytic treatment when the current density exceeds 100 A/dm².

A time at which the electrolytic treatment is performed (electrolytic treatment time) is preferably 0.20 seconds or more and 150 seconds or less. The electrolytic treatment time being less than 0.20 seconds is not preferable because an amount of the chemical treatment layer 107 adhered decreases and the desired performance is not obtained when the electrolytic treatment time is less than 0.20 seconds. On the other hand, the electrolytic treatment time exceeding 150 seconds is not preferable because the adhered amount of the chemical treatment layer 107 is excessive and a chemical treatment layer 107 which is inadequately adhered in the formed chemical treatment layer 107 is likely to be washed away (peeled off) in a washing step through washing with water or the like after the electrolytic treatment when the electrolytic treatment time exceeds 150 seconds.

A pH of the chemical treatment solution is preferably in a range of 3.1 to 3.7, more preferably about 3.5. In order to adjust the pH of the chemical treatment solution, nitric acid, ammonia, or the like may be added as necessary.

When the electrolytic treatment is performed under the above-described conditions, it is possible to form the chemical treatment layer 107 according to the present embodiment on a surface of any one of the Ni-plated layer 105 and the composite plated layer 106.

It should be noted that tannic acid may be further added to the chemical treatment solution used for the electrolytic treatment when forming chemical treatment layer according to the present embodiment. When tannic acid is added to the chemical treatment solution, tannic acid reacts with Fe in the steel sheet 103 to form a film made of iron tannate on the surface of the steel sheet 103. The film made of iron tannate is preferable for the purpose of improving rust resistance and the adhesiveness.

Examples of a solvent for the chemical treatment solution include deionized water, distilled water, and the like. The preferred electrical conductivity of the solvent for the chemical treatment solution is 10 μS/cm or less, more preferably 5 μS/cm or less, further more preferably 3 μS/cm or less. Here, the solvent for the chemical treatment solution is not limited thereto and it is possible to appropriately select the solvent for the chemical treatment solution in accordance with a material to be dissolved, a formation method, and the formation conditions or the like of the chemical treatment layer 107. Here, it is preferable to use deionized water or distilled water in view of industrial productivity, cost, and environment based on stable stability of an amount of each component adhered.

Examples of a supply source of Zr include a Zr complex such as H₂ZrF₆. Zr in the Zr complex as described above is present in the chemical treatment solution as Zr⁴⁺ due to a hydrolysis reaction accompanied by an increase in pH at a cathode electrode interface. Such Zr ions form a compound such as ZrO₂ and Zr₃(PO₄)₄ through a dehydration condensation reaction with a hydroxyl group (—OH) present on a metal surface in the chemical treatment solution.

Also, in the chemical treatment solution, (NH₄)₃AlF₆ is used as a supply source of Al. When (NH₄)₃AlF₆ is used as the supply source of Al, Al is present in the chemical treatment solution in a state in which Al and F form a complex (hereinafter referred to as an “AlF complex”). Al in the AlF complex is precipitated together with Zr in the electrolytic treatment step to form the chemical treatment layer 107, thereby contributing to the sulfide stain resistance as described above.

Also, Al is present as a cation in the chemical treatment solution as in Zr. For this reason, when (NH₄)₃AlF₆ is used as a supply source of Al, it is possible to supply Al into the chemical treatment solution without increasing the concentration of phosphate ions in the chemical treatment solution.

On the other hand, when Al₂(SO₄)₃ is used as a supply source of Al as in Patent Document 3, an AlF complex is not formed. Therefore, Al is not appropriately precipitated during the electrolytic treatment step and thus the Al content in the chemical treatment layer 107 is very small. This case is not preferable because the chemical treatment layer 107 does not have appropriate sulfide stain resistance.

[Post Treatment Step]

After that, a known post treatment is performed on any one of the Ni-plated layer 105 and the composite plated layer 106 and the steel sheet 103 having the chemical treatment layer 107 formed thereon if necessary (Step S107).

The chemical treatment steel sheet 10 according to the present embodiment is manufactured by performing the treatment with the above-described flow.

Although a case in which the chemical treatment layer 107 is formed on the Ni-plated layer 105 or the composite plated layer 106 through the electrolytic treatment has been described in the above description, when a sufficient time for formation of the chemical treatment film is allowed, the chemical treatment layer 107 may be formed using an immersion time instead of electrolytic treatment.

EXAMPLES

A chemical treatment steel sheet and a method for manufacturing a chemical treatment steel sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below while showing examples. Note that the following examples are examples of the chemical treatment steel sheet and the method for manufacturing the chemical treatment steel sheet according to the embodiment of the present invention and the chemical treatment steel sheet and the method for manufacturing the chemical treatment steel sheet according to the embodiment of the present invention are not limited to the following examples.

Example 1

In Example 1, how a sulfide stain resistance changes was examined by changing the amount of Al compound without changing the Zr compound and phosphate compound content in a chemical treatment layer.

In Example 1, steel sheets which are generally used as steel sheets for containers were used as base materials and a Ni-plated layer was formed as a plated layer. The amount of Ni contained in the Ni-plated layer was set at 1000 mg/m² per one surface in all samples. Furthermore, a chemical treatment layer is formed by changing a concentration of an Al compound in a chemical treatment layer for each sample to manufacture a plurality of samples. Here, in each sample, the amount of Zr contained in the Zr compound was 8 mg/m² per one surface and the amount of P contained in the phosphate compound was 3 mg/m² per one surface.

The sulfide stain resistance was evaluated as follows. First, a 0.6 mass % L-cysteine liquid boiled for one hour was put into a heat-resistant bottle and the samples (φ 40 mm) were placed and fixed as a lid to the mouth of the heat-resistant bottle. And then, a heat treatment (retort treatment) was performed on the heat-resistant bottle with the lid as described above in a soaking furnace at 110° C. for 15 minutes. Subsequently, in each sample an appearance of a portion which contacted with the heat-resistant bottle was observed and evaluated as 10 levels on the basis of the following criteria. It should be noted that, in the following evaluation criteria, a sample in which the score is 5 points or more withstands actual use.

<Sulfide Stain Resistance Evaluation Criteria>

A ratio of an area which did not change to black with respect to a contact area between a sample and a 0.6 mass % L-cysteine liquid was scored from 1 to 10 points.

10 points: 100% to 90% or more

9 points: less than 90% to 80% or more

8 points: less than 80% to 70% or more

7 points: less than 70% to 60% or more

6 points: less than 60% to 50% or more

5 points: less than 50% to 40% or more

4 points: less than 40% to 30% or more

3 points: less than 30% to 20% or more

2 points: less than 20% to 10% or more

1 point: less than 10% to 0% or more

The obtained evaluation results are shown in FIG. 4. In FIG. 4, a horizontal axis indicates the amount of Al compound (amount of Al metal) in a chemical treatment layer in each sample and a vertical axis indicates the evaluation result of a sulfide stain resistance.

As shown in FIG. 4, when the amount of Al contained in Al compound is less than 0.1 mg/m² per one surface, the evaluation result of the sulfide stain resistance was scored at 1 point. On the other hand, when the amount of Al contained in Al compound is 0.1 mg/m² or more per one surface, the evaluation result of the sulfide stain resistance was scored at 7 or more points and it was revealed that the sample had very excellent sulfide stain resistance.

From the results, when an Al compound in a predetermined amount is contained in a chemical treatment layer, it was shown that the sulfide stain resistance of the chemical treatment steel sheet having the chemical treatment film is significantly improved.

Example 2

Next, how the sulfide stain resistance changes while a type of a plated layer and the amount of each component contained in a chemical treatment layer is changed was examined. In examples and comparative examples except for Comparative Example a5, a plated layer is any one of a Ni-plated layer and a composite plated layer. On the other hand, in Comparative Example a5, a composite plated layer is formed on a Ni-plated layer (two plated layers are formed).

Also, (NH₄)₃AlF₆ was used as a supply source of Al ions in Examples A1 to A31 of the present invention and Comparative Examples a1 to a6, whereas Al₂(SO₄)₃ was used as a supply source of Al ions in Comparative Examples a7 and a8 to form a chemical treatment layer.

The amounts of Ni metal and Sn metal contained in a plated layer and the amounts of Zr, P, and Al contained in a chemical treatment layer were measured using a fluorescent X-ray analysis.

In the Al₂O₃ content in a chemical treatment layer, first, peak intensity ratios of Al₂O₃, Al metal, and other Al compounds were obtained using an XPS. And then the Al₂O₃ content in the chemical treatment layer was calculated from a total amount of Al metals obtained through a quantitative analysis method such as a fluorescent X-ray analysis and the peak intensity ratios obtained through the XPS as described above.

The measurement results are shown in Table 1 which will be shown later.

TABLE 1 Chemical treatment steel sheet Composite plated layer Chemical treatment layer Ni-plated layer Amount Amount Amount of Ni Amount of Ni of Sn as Si Amount of Zr of Al as Ni (mg/m²) as Ni metal as Zr metal Amount of P Total amount in Al₂O₃ Symbol metal(mg/m²) metal (g/m²) (mg/m²) (mg/m²) of Al (mg/m²) (mg/m²) Examples A1    6.5 — —   3.7 70 19 11 A2 2938 — — 105 63 16 11 A3  571 — —   1.2 58   3.2   2.8 A4 2487 — — 148 77   6.1   3.0 A5 2861 — —  55   1.3   4.7   2.7 A6 1231 — —  74 94   6.9   3.4 A7 2854 — —  52 36   0.12   0.11 A8 1927 — —   5.2 12 29 28 A9 —   2.5 9.4  18   8.8 26 12 A10 — 198 7.8 119 100    6.9   6.0 A11 —  49  0.12 138 15 25 14 A12 — 103 9.3  68 93 15 10 A13 —  76 6.4   1.2 22 24 17 A14 — 173 2.2 145 71 27 19 A15 — 163 8.8 133   1.2 12 10 A16 — 137 8.2 128 95   8.7   7.4 A17 — 132 1.4 109 85   0.2   0.15 A18 — 180 0.6  63 54 29 28 A19 — 139 8.4 119 40 23 21 A20 —  99 2.4  83   2.4 12   8.6 A21 — 187 7.7  19 69 14   6.2 A22 — 110 7.1  67 67   0.2   0.18 A23 —  29 5.4  89 45 19 18 A24  11 — — 133 20 19 16 A25 1934 — —  39   9.2 25 14 A26 —   4.3 4.4 137 49 15 10 A27 —  98 9.4  67 10 16   9.1 A28 — 169 0.3  82 20 19 10 A29 —  80 6.9 148 25 13   6.9 A30 — 129 1.7  13   3.3 17   8.8 A31 —  24 2.6  40   8.7 13 10 Comparative a1   2.3 — — 243   3.5   2.1   1.5 examples a2 —   0.1 3.5  13 230  27 21 a3 —  18  0.03  69 79 50 38 a4 — 103 4.7   0.5 56   6.1   5.5 a5 5032  68 1.8  23   0.2 20   9.4 a6 — 302 30    72 23   0.03   0.02 a7  23 — —  2  3   0.03   0.02 a8 — 112 3.3  43 12   0.04   0.03

<Corrosion Resistance Evaluation>

3% acetic acid was used as a corrosion resistance test solution. A piece with a diameter of 35 mm was cut out of a steel sheet and placed and fixed to the mouth of a heat-resistant bottle into which the corrosion resistance test solution is put. After a heat treatment is performed at 121° C. for 60 minutes, the corrosion resistance was evaluated using a ratio of a corrosion area with respect to an area in which the corrosion resistance test solution contacted with a Ni-plated steel sheet (an area of the mouth of the heat-resistant bottle) was evaluated.

To be more specific, the ratio of a corrosion area with respect to an area in which a test piece contacted with a test solution was scored from 1 to 10 points. It should be noted that, in the following evaluation criteria, a sample in which the score is 5 points or more withstands actual use.

10 points: 100% to 90% or more

9 points: less than 90% to 80% or more

8 points: less than 80% to 70% or more

7 points: less than 70% to 60% or more

6 points: less than 60% to 50% or more

5 points: less than 50% to 40% or more

4 points: less than 40% to 30% or more

3 points: less than 30% to 20% or more

2 points: less than 20% to 10% or more

1 point: less than 10% to 0% or more

In items of corrosion resistance evaluation, 10 points to 9 points are labeled as “very good,” 8 points to 5 points are labeled as “good,” and 4 points or less are labeled as “not good.”

<Sulfide Stain Resistance Evaluation>

A sulfide stain resistance evaluation was performed as follows. A 0.6 mass % L-cysteine liquid boiled for one hour was put into a heat-resistant bottle and the samples (c) 40 mm) were placed and fixed as a lid to the mouth of the heat-resistant bottle. A heat treatment (retort treatment) was performed on the heat-resistant bottle with the sample as a lid at 110° C. for 15 minutes in a soaking furnace. Subsequently, an appearance of a portion in each sample which contacted with the heat-resistant bottle was observed and evaluated in 10 levels on the basis of the same criteria as above. In Table 2 which will be shown later, 10 points to 8 points are labeled as “very good,” 7 points to 5 points are labeled as “good,” and 4 points or less are labeled as “not good.”

The obtained results are Table 2 which will be shown later.

TABLE 2 Characteristic evaluation Symbol Corrosion resistance Sulfide stain resistance Examples A1 Good Very Good A2 Very Good Very Good A3 Very Good Good A4 Very Good Very Good A5 Very Good Good A6 Very Good Very Good A7 Very Good Good A8 Very Good Very Good A9 Good Very Good A10 Very Good Very Good A11 Good Very Good A12 Very Good Very Good A13 Very Good Good A14 Very Good Very Good A15 Very Good Good A16 Very Good Very Good A17 Very Good Good A18 Very Good Very Good A19 Very Good Very Good A20 Very Good Very Good A21 Very Good Very Good A22 Very Good Very Good A23 Very Good Very Good A24 Very Good Very Good A25 Very Good Very Good A26 Very Good Very Good A27 Very Good Very Good A28 Very Good Very Good A29 Very Good Very Good A30 Very Good Very Good A31 Very Good Very Good Comparative a1 Not Good Very Good examples a2 Not Good Very Good a3 Not Good Very Good a4 Very Good Not Good a5 Very Good Not Good a6 Very Good Not Good a7 Very Good Not Good a8 Very Good Not Good

As shown in Table 2, Examples A1 to A31 of the present invention all have excellent corrosion resistance and sulfide stain resistance. On the other hand, either one of corrosion resistance and sulfide stain resistance of Comparative Examples a1 to a8 deteriorated. In Comparative Examples a7 and a8 in which Al₂(SO₄)₃ was used as the supply source of Al ions, amounts of Al and Al₂O₃ were significantly small and the sulfide stain resistance was also “not good.”

Example 3

Next, how the sulfide stain resistance changes according to a type of plated layer and the each component contained in a chemical treatment layer was examined.

For each sample having a Ni-plated layer or a composite plated layer shown in Table 3, a chemical treatment was performed under the conditions shown in Table 4 (conditions for a chemical treatment solution and conditions for an electrolytic treatment). Table 5 shows the amounts of Zr, P, Al, and Al₂O₃ included in a chemical treatment layer formed on a plated layer of each sample.

Also, for each sample having a plated layer and a chemical treatment layer, corrosion resistance and sulfide stain resistance were evaluated as in Example 2. The results are shown in Table 5.

(NH₄)₃AlF₆ was used as a supply source of Al ions in Examples B1 to B31 of the present invention and Comparative Examples b1 to b8, whereas Al₂(SO₄)₃ was used as a supply source of Al ions in Comparative Examples b9 and b10 to form a chemical treatment layer.

TABLE 3 Ni-plated layer Composite plated layer Amount of Ni Amount of Ni Amount of Sn as Ni metal as Ni metal as Sn metal Symbol (mg/m²) (mg/m²) (g/m²) Examples B1 1203 — — B2 1664 — — B3 563 — — B4 1896 — — B5 358 — — B6 1452 — — B7 1344 — — B8 1352 — — B9 — 52 5.4 B10 — 199 4.9 B11 — 28 7.6 B12 — 141 8.4 B13 — 145 1.5 B14 — 22 6.8 B15 — 74 8.3 B16 — 146 2.4 B17 — 67 4.9 B18 — 155 2.7 B19 2322 — — B20 893 — — B21 1716 — — B22 1709 — — B23 1333 — — B24 1618 — — B25 2584 — — B26 — 16 9.5 B27 — 83 5.7 B28 — 166 0.8 B29 — 187 4.1 B30 — 104 8.6 B31 — 45 0.6 Comparative b1 2771 — — examples b2 1902 — — b3 2151 — — b4 — 167 5.3 b5 — 4 3.9 b6 — 192 9.1 b7 — 154  0.13 b8 — 56 7.7 b9 1702 — — b10 — 46 5.3

TABLE 4 Chemical treatment Chemical treatment solution Electrolytic Sulfate Supply Bath treatment Zr ions F ions Phosphate Nitrate ions Al ions source of temperature Current Time Symbol (ppm) (ppm) ions (ppm) ions (ppm) (ppm) (ppm) Al ions (° C.) (A/dm²) (sec) Examples B1   13 12277 1936  4921 18830 4506 (NH₄)₃AlF₆ 56 41  66 B2 19323  4730 2601  6852  8827 4485 (NH₄)₃AlF₆ 58 35  14 B3 14993   12  145  6861 12906 1339 (NH₄)₃AlF₆ 55 89  59 B4 12986 19653 1634  4674 18624 4348 (NH₄)₃AlF₆ 68 84  61 B5  1951  6595  122 15304 12584 3477 (NH₄)₃AlF₆ 46 49  60 B6  8743  8980 2984  8002 20831  732 (NH₄)₃AlF₆ 15 75 138 B7  938 12003  667  112 — 1697 (NH₄)₃AlF₆ 18 91 125 B8  804  2848 1985 29843 — 2924 (NH₄)₃AlF₆ 85 17  13 B9 12993 11644 1284 —  112 3592 (NH₄)₃AlF₆ 56 10 124 B10  2962 10320  244 — 29484  940 (NH₄)₃AlF₆ 17 99 133 B11 16174 14341 1075  5440 19183  532 (NH₄)₃AlF₆ 63 97  60 B12  8936  7132 2929 13378 11910 4985 (NH₄)₃AlF₆ 67 69  41 B13 16350  4690 2788  6499 22336 2120 (NH₄)₃AlF₆  6 97 149 B14 18054 11783  227  8323 17533 4615 (NH₄)₃AlF₆ 89 73 112 B15  1949 12852 1979  6982  139 3334 (NH₄)₃AlF₆ 19   1.3  93 B16  5004  7048 1815  6269  9938 3492 (NH₄)₃AlF₆ 53 98  29 B17 18806  6927 2530  9931  453 1914 (NH₄)₃AlF₆ 76 72   0.23 B18  4213  4005 1274  6071 15839 3444 (NH₄)₃AlF₆ 48 42 147 B19  232 14704  835  4439 14788  734 (NH₄)₃AlF₆ 29 18   4.5 B20 16382 12122 2386  3365 22816 3800 (NH₄)₃AlF₆ 47 70 101 B21 18680  236  164  7089 16070 3208 (NH₄)₃AlF₆ 75 85 144 B22 18091 17468  437 17432  4749  531 (NH₄)₃AlF₆ 51 70 146 B23  3994 15961  115 13281 10137 2022 (NH₄)₃AlF₆ 27 66  91 B24 17731 11516 1938  3297  4740 1431 (NH₄)₃AlF₆   6.7 21  57 B25 14666 10731  506  1192 — 2368 (NH₄)₃AlF₆ 57 71 131 B26 19227  8897 2254 22938 —  926 (NH₄)₃AlF₆ 75 66 109 B27 15114 15954  69 —  1029 4161 (NH₄)₃AlF₆ 40 29 107 B28 19837 17323 2264 — 22973  736 (NH₄)₃AlF₆   7.5 90 106 B29 14412  1090 2278  2913 14327 2938 (NH₄)₃AlF₆ 89 66 114 B30 10741  6088 1594 23206  296 3173 (NH₄)₃AlF₆ 80 40  38 B31 11921 15848  42 19783  4945 1063 (NH₄)₃AlF₆ 67 55  22 Comparative b1   4   3 2315  30392  30302 4646 (NH₄)₃AlF₆  7 39  31 examples b2  32984  40393 5029  2467  4417  833 (NH₄)₃AlF₆ 36 100   68 b3 18608  4938   4  9843  9868 3837 (NH₄)₃AlF₆ 14 70  94 b4 11174  9218 2538   12   63 6054 (NH₄)₃AlF₆ 38 89  57 b5 11586 16949  716  2018 26326  112 (NH₄)₃AlF₆ 97 71 103 b6 12729  227 2910 17217  276 2456 (NH₄)₃AlF₆  2 132  130 b7 15053 19771 1546  6903 20580  848 (NH₄)₃AlF₆ 19   0.4 170 b8 12839 13209 2905 20539  4706 4177 (NH₄)₃AlF₆ 36  6   0.1 b9 19283  2004 1837  2932  523 3465 Al₂(SO₄)₃ 15 12  24 b10  3829  3283 1232 23533  6545  624 Al₂(SO₄)₃ 25  2  23

TABLE 5 Chemical treatment layer Characteristic evaluation Amount of Zr as Sulfide Zr metal Amount of P Total amount of Al Amount of Al in Corrosion stain Symbol (mg/m²) (mg/m²) (mg/m²) Al₂O₃ (mg/m²) resistance resistance Examples B1 26 17   5.1   4.5 Very Good Good B2   4.5   2.9   0.9   0.4 Very Good Very Good B3 52 35   8.6   6.4 Very Good Very Good B4 42 33   8.5   6.9 Very Good Good B5 26 19   5.9   4.2 Very Good Good B6 88 59 17   7.4 Very Good Very Good B7 113  63 20 14 Very Good Good B8   1.9   1.2   0.4   0.3 Very Good Very Good B9 13   7.6   2.1   1.8 Very Good Good B10 123  79 24 21 Very Good Very Good B11 50 32 10   7.5 Very Good Good B12 27 17   5.2   4.7 Very Good Very Good B13 129  82 28 19 Very Good Good B14 71 48 13 10 Very Good Very Good B15   1.1   1.4   0.5   0.4 Very Good Good B16 29 18   4.8   2.5 Very Good Very Good B17   1.3   3.2   0.5   0.4 Very Good Good B18 54 37 11   5.3 Very Good Very Good B19 13   8.4   0.2   0.1 Very Good Very Good B20 59 39 13   6.7 Very Good Very Good B21 99 75 23 10 Very Good Very Good B22 86 65 20 15 Very Good Very Good B23 49 38 10   7.7 Very Good Very Good B24   11.5   7.4   2.4   1.3 Very Good Very Good B25 88 61 18 13 Very Good Very Good B26 59 43 13   5.6 Very Good Very Good B27 27 19   4.9   2.1 Very Good Very Good B28 89 61 16 13 Very Good Very Good B29 71 47 12 10 Very Good Very Good B30 14   8.4   2.5   1.5 Very Good Very Good B31 10   7.3   2.1   1.6 Very Good Very Good Comparative b1   0.8   6.7   2.3   1.2 Very Good Not Good examples b2   0.3 34 13 11 Very Good Not Good b3 56   0.8 12   6.3 Very Good Not Good b4   0.7 33   8.1   3.7 Very Good Not Good b5 59   2.1   0.05   0.04 Very Good Not Good b6   0.4   0.4   4.7   3.1 Very Good Not Good b7   0.7   7.3   0.4   0.3 Very Good Not Good b8   0.1   1.3   0.6   0.3 Very Good Not Good b9 23 12   0.03   0.02 Very Good Not Good b10 14  4   0.04   0.03 Very Good Not Good

As shown in Table 5, each sample of Examples B1 to B31 of the present invention manufactured by the method for manufacturing the chemical treatment steel sheet according to the present embodiment had excellent corrosion resistance and sulfide stain resistance. On the other hand, each sample of Comparative Examples b1 to b10 had excellent corrosion resistance, but the sulfide stain resistance was poor. In Comparative Examples b9 and b10 using Al₂(SO₄)₃ as the supply source of Al ions, the amounts of Al and Al₂O₃ was significantly small and had “not good” in sulfide stain resistance.

While the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above with reference to the appended drawings, the present invention is not limited to such examples. It is apparent that various changed examples and modified examples could have been conceived by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains without departing from the gist of the technical ideas described in the claims. In addition, it is understood that the changed examples and modified examples also naturally belong to the technical scope of the present invention.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

According to the above-described embodiment, it is possible to provide a chemical treatment steel sheet and a method for manufacturing a chemical treatment steel sheet which have excellent corrosion resistance and sulfide stain resistance even when an amount of chemical treatment layer adhered is small.

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-   -   10 Chemical treatment steel sheet     -   103 Steel sheet     -   105 Ni-plated layer     -   105 d Fe—Ni—Sn alloy layer     -   105 e Island-shaped Sn-plated layer     -   106 Composite plated layer     -   107 Chemical treatment layer 

1. A chemical treatment steel sheet comprising: a steel sheet; a plated layer which contains Ni and is formed on at least one surface of the steel sheet; a chemical treatment layer which is formed on the plated layer and contains a Zr compound in which an amount of Zr contained therein is 1.0 to 150 mg/m², a phosphate compound in which an amount of P contained therein is 1.0 to 100 mg/m², and an Al compound in which an amount of Al contained therein is 0.10 to 30.0 mg/m², wherein the plated layer is: a Ni-plated layer which contains Ni in which an amount of Ni contained therein is 5.0 to 3000 mg/m²; or a composite plated layer which contains Ni in which an amount of Ni contained therein is 2.0 to 200 mg/m² and Sn in which an amount of Sn contained therein is 0.10 to 10.0 g/m² and has an island-shaped Sn-plated layer formed on a Fe—Ni—Sn alloy layer.
 2. The chemical treatment steel sheet according to claim 1, wherein the chemical treatment layer contains Al₂O₃ in which an amount of Al contained therein is 0.10 to 30.0 mg/m².
 3. The chemical treatment steel sheet according to claim 1, wherein the chemical treatment layer contains: the Zr compound in which an amount of Zr contained therein 1.0 to 120 mg/m²; the phosphate compound in which an amount of P contained therein is 2.0 to 70.0 mg/m²; and the Al compound in which an amount of Al contained therein is 0.20 to 20.0 mg/m².
 4. The chemical treatment steel sheet according to claim 1, wherein the Ni-plated layer contains Ni in which an amount of Ni contained therein is 10.0 to 2000 mg/m².
 5. The chemical treatment steel sheet according to claim 1, wherein the composite plated layer contains: Ni in which an amount of Ni contained therein is 5.0 to 100 mg/m²; and Sn in which an amount of Sn contained therein is 0.30 to 7.0 g/m².
 6. The chemical treatment steel sheet according to claim 1, wherein a surface of the chemical treatment layer is not covered with a film or a coating material.
 7. A method for manufacturing a chemical treatment steel sheet, the method comprising: a plating process of forming a Ni-plated layer or a composite plated layer on a surface of a steel sheet, an electrolytic treatment process of forming a chemical treatment layer on the Ni-plated layer or the composite plated layer by performing an electrolytic treatment under the conditions of a current density of 1.0 to 100 A/dm² and an electrolytic treatment time of 0.20 to 150 seconds using a chemical treatment solution having a temperature of 5° C. or higher and lower than 90° C., wherein the Ni Plated layer contains Ni in which an amount of Ni contained therein is 5.0 to 3000 mg/m², the composite plated layer contains Ni in which an amount of Ni contained therein is 2.0 to 200 mg/m² and Sn in which an amount of Sn contained therein is 0.10 to 10.0 g/m² and has an island-shaped Sn-plated layer is formed on a Fe—Ni—Sn alloy layer, and the chemical treatment solution contains 10 to 20000 ppm of Zr ions, 10 to 20000 ppm of F ions, 10 to 3000 ppm of phosphate ions, a total amount of 100 to 30000 ppm of nitrate ions and sulfate ions, and 500 to 5000 ppm of Al ions, in which a supply source of the Al ions is (NH₄)₃AlF₆.
 8. The method for manufacturing a chemical treatment steel sheet according to claim 7, wherein the chemical treatment solution contains: 200 to 17000 ppm of the Zr ions; 200 to 17000 ppm of the F ions; 100 to 2000 ppm of the phosphate ions; the total amount of 1000 to 23000 ppm of the nitrate ions and the sulfate ions; and 500 to 3000 ppm of the Al ions. 